It’s good to be back home. No need to travel every few days and pack and unpack your backpack all the time. No need to carry your food around and to estimate what you eat in a couple of days. It’s good to have your things on shelves and your food nicely in the fridge. You know where to go to buy things and in a supermarket you know you’re way around, no need to go around looking for things. You know where to go for a bit of exercise and which route to take when you don’t have that much time for a brisk walk ( I do not run!). And there are people you know. Someone you don’t need to start with the usual where-you-from, where-have-you been and so on.

I haven’t been going out that much while I’ve been travelling and I didn’t even really realise that I missed going out. But you need to get out there and have a bit of fun now and then, we all need that. I must admit that it was extremely nice to go out with a few familiar people and just have fun yesterday. I must say I was happy that there were guys in our group who were able to save you when you didn’t want to go dancing with some random drunken person. Good night out it was.

Familiar sight in Sydney. I love the city.

I had a bit of trouble speaking Finnish a few weeks ago. A Finnish girl was amused by my lack of finding words and the difficulty of speaking Finnish, my first language. She even said to me: “You can talk English but I’m going to speak in Finnish now.” In environment where I’m used to using only English, speaking Finnish seems unnatural. It doesn’t come easy. Luckily for my mum I was able to speak Finnish pretty well while she was here. Just sometimes I had to think a little bit for Finnish words. :D But all in all it went well. But now I’m happy to go back to speaking English and only English, it just is so much easier!

 



Great scenery on Fraser Island.

I did have great three weeks with my mum. It was good to see her. It was pretty intense three weeks. Sydney, Blue Mountains, Brisbane, Hervey Bay, Fraser Island and Noosa in that time, not really a relaxing holiday! But I was glad to show places for mum and get her to see why I like it here so much. And I think she got to see it. Three weeks by in a flash and before I knew mum hopped onto a shuttle bus to the airport and I returned home.

 
The weather is a great factor for staying here. It just is so much warmer here and it’s not cold and dark like in Finland at the moment. Now that summer is here I must admit that even the winter wasn’t bad. For some the heat of the summer can be too much but I’m not complaining. Having a work out in the heat of 29 degrees is fine. 37 degrees that we had here yesterday felt hot but wasn’t unbearable. I just love it when you can wear shorts and a top all day around, no need for long-sleeved shirts. And the nature is just beautiful. I could sit on the same beach every day and just marvel the scenery – never getting bores. People here are more easy-going and relaxed than people in Finland. People are helpful and welcomes you into their country with open arms and help you all the way they can. I just love it here.

"Home is where the heart is."